Week 18 (June 9th-13th, 2008)

June 9th

Aim: What can prevent the unity of two lovers?

Do Now:

  1. Copy WOD
  2. Do Test-Prep Question
  3. Read on this day of history. Pick one event that intrigued you and copy down in your notebook.
  4. Read and copy one of the most interesting news summaries including the headline in your notebook. Take the Daily News Quiz.
  5. Go to the Art of the Day page and describe/interpret the painting

Journal #57

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." by Henry Ward Beecher

Procedure:

Read Chapter 3 of the West Side Story and  -

  1. Are you surprised that Tony and Maria will fall in love at the first sight? Why?
  2. What do you predict may happen to their relationship?
  3. How will each gang react to such a love affair? Why?
  4. What advice would you give to Maria and Tony  if you were their close friend? Why so?

HW#68 Answer the above questions.

Study the following yellow-highlighted  words for the final Vocabulary Test on Wednesday June 11th.

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June 10th

Aim: Why would Tony & Maria's love story carry different messages today?

Do Now:

  1. Copy WOD
  2. Do Test-Prep Question
  3. Read on this day of history. Pick one event that intrigued you and copy down in your notebook.
  4. Read and copy one of the most interesting news summaries including the headline in your notebook. Take the Daily News Quiz.
  5. Go to the Art of the Day page and describe/interpret the painting

Journal #58

"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. "
-by General George Patton

Procedure:

Read Chapter 4 of the West Side Story and discuss-

  1. Would you be able to continue loving someone whose family is your feud?
  2. What prevent people from "seeing" and understanding each other?
  3. Ultimately, what do people "fight" for? Why?

HW#69 Answer the three questions above.

June 11th

Final Vocabulary Test | Final Vocabulary Test Answer

Do Now:

  1. Copy WOD
  2. Do Test-Prep Question
  3. Read on this day of history. Pick one event that intrigued you and copy down in your notebook.
  4. Read and copy one of the most interesting news summaries including the headline in your notebook. Take the Daily News Quiz.
  5. Go to the Art of the Day page and describe/interpret the painting

Journal #59 "Friendship is like a prism through which the many variations of beauty are revealed in our lives. "- Anon.

HW# 70 Prepare your portfolio and prepare a written piece for your Monday's one-minute(last day of school) final Oral Presentation. The piece has to be typed and can be selected from your journal responses, poems, stories and literary responses to the West Side Story etc.

June 12th

Aim: In what ways should Tony and Maria handle the hostilities from both gangs- the Jets and Sharks?

Do Now:

  1. Copy WOD
  2. Do Test-Prep Question
  3. Read on this day of history. Pick one event that intrigued you and copy down in your notebook.
  4. Read and copy one of the most interesting news summaries including the headline in your notebook. Take the Daily News Quiz.
  5. Go to the Art of the Day page and describe/interpret the painting

Journal # 60 "Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow." -by Johann von Goethe

Procedure:

Read Chapter 4 of West Side Story and discuss-

Is the tragic ending of the romance between Maria and Tony avoidable? Explain your answer in at least 7 powerful sentences.

HW#70 Write a paragraph that has at least 7 sentences to describe why the tragic ending of the romance between Maria and Tony is unavoidable, considering the social, cultural, historical, racial and personal reasons.